AUGUST 11, 2003 San Diego, California
1,479 pounds of marijuana seized from a pleasure boat
1,479 pounds of marijuana seized from a pleasure boat
Two men were arraigned in Federal court this afternoon on felony
drug charges after Border Patrol agents with the Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) discovered 1,479 pounds of marijuana
hidden in a 24-foot pleasure boat at Mission Bay Sunday morning.
The two men charged in the incident are 24-year-old Emilio
Ahumada-Espinoza, a Mexican national residing in Tijuana, and
Javier Aispuro-Arroyo, aged 23, who is believed to be a U.S. citizen
living in Tijuana. The two men are being held at the Metropolitan
Correctional Center in San Diego on charges of unlawful importation
of a controlled substance.
Sunday’s arrests came after CBP agents from the Border Patrol’s
Marine Interdiction Unit on routine coastal patrol spotted the men
entering U.S. waters from Mexico on board a 24-foot Sea Ray. The
officers followed the vessel to the South Shores Boat Ramp in
Mission Bay and obtained permission to board. Upon searching the
California registered vessel, the agents discovered 87 packages of
marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $1million.
The CBP officers then summoned agents with the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the scene. The ICE
agents took the craft’s occupants into custody and seized the vessel.
Also taking part in Sunday’s interdiction were assets from ICE’s Air
and Marine Interdiction Division and officers with the San Diego
Police Department assigned to Mission Bay.
drug charges after Border Patrol agents with the Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) discovered 1,479 pounds of marijuana
hidden in a 24-foot pleasure boat at Mission Bay Sunday morning.
The two men charged in the incident are 24-year-old Emilio
Ahumada-Espinoza, a Mexican national residing in Tijuana, and
Javier Aispuro-Arroyo, aged 23, who is believed to be a U.S. citizen
living in Tijuana. The two men are being held at the Metropolitan
Correctional Center in San Diego on charges of unlawful importation
of a controlled substance.
Sunday’s arrests came after CBP agents from the Border Patrol’s
Marine Interdiction Unit on routine coastal patrol spotted the men
entering U.S. waters from Mexico on board a 24-foot Sea Ray. The
officers followed the vessel to the South Shores Boat Ramp in
Mission Bay and obtained permission to board. Upon searching the
California registered vessel, the agents discovered 87 packages of
marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $1million.
The CBP officers then summoned agents with the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the scene. The ICE
agents took the craft’s occupants into custody and seized the vessel.
Also taking part in Sunday’s interdiction were assets from ICE’s Air
and Marine Interdiction Division and officers with the San Diego
Police Department assigned to Mission Bay.
Source: ICE
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NARCOTIC NEWS
Marijuana News Archive 2003
Marijuana News Archive 2003